--- title: Mitigation Banking USA description: Mitigation banks provide regulatory certainty for clients seeking to save time and money with a pre-approved solution to environmental permitting challenges. Conservation banks and wetland banks both protect and conserve species habitat, sensitive resources and wetland habitats. image: https://info.burnsmcd.com/hubfs/ENS_KCM_Mitigationbankingusa.comWebsiteUpdates_15881/Assets/07_eagle/Mobile_Eagle_Header.jpg --- [![](https://info.burnsmcd.com/hubfs/ENS_KCM_Mitigationbankingusa.comWebsiteUpdates_15881/Assets/01_homepage/MitigationBanking-Logo.png)](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa?hsLang=en) [ Our Projects ](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/projects?hsLang=en) [ Contact Us ](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/contact-us?hsLang=en) ** ** ## [Our Projects](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/projects?hsLang=en) ### [Richland Creek Mitigation Bank](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/projects/stream-restoration-provides-offsets-for-environmental-impacts?hsLang=en) ### [Puzzle Creek Conservation Bank](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/projects/puzzle-creek-conservation-bank-provides-offsets-to-support-climate-threatened-species?hsLang=en) ### [Chariton Hills Conservation Bank](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/projects/chariton-hills-conservation-bank?hsLang=en) ### [Park Creek Station Wetland Mitigation Bank](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/projects/park-creek-station-wetland-mitigation-bank?hsLang=en) ### [Eagle Protection and Offset Program](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/projects/eagle-protection-and-offset-program) ### [North Fork Crow River Mitigation Bank](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/projects/north-fork-crow-river-mitigation-bank?hsLang=en) ## [Contact Us](https://info.burnsmcd.com/mitigationbankingusa/contact-us?hsLang=en) The Park Creek Station Wetland Mitigation Bank site was selected because we believe there is an excellent and unique potential to improve wetland, riparian and stream functions on a site with significant natural, cultural and open space values. Located where Park Creek punches through the Park Creek Hogback, the site has excellent restoration potential of wetland, riparian and stream resources of the type that are increasingly scarce along the northern Front Range, where most streams of this sort no longer have their natural flows or follow their natural stream course. The establishment of Park Creek Station is expected to result in: - 1.25 mile of restoration along Park Creek - 57.5 acres of wetland restoration and establishment - 52.7 acres of riparian restoration and establishment - 253.5 acres of priority buffers - 141 acres of additional high-quality buffers - Whole-site natural resource management program - Substantial functional uplift to the Park Creek system - Restoration and conservation of landscape-level wetland diversity, including functional uplift of multiple hydrogeomorphic and vegetation community types - Excellent habitat interspersion functions and reference-standard buffer conditions - Potential refugia for sensitive and listed species - Increased habitat potential for state and federally listed species - Restoration and management of multiple levels of biological diversity ## Eagle Protection and Offset Program Inquire   The Eagle Protection and Offset Program (EPOP) provides a streamlined solution for compensatory mitigation required as part of Eagle Incidental Take Permits (EITPs) issued by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to comply with the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The most thoroughly vetted compensatory mitigation measure for offsetting eagle take is the implementation of power pole retrofits. The EPOP, approved by the USFWS, facilitates infrastructure retrofits and offset credits, while providing a nationwide approach to improving circuits and eagle conservation. The EPOP retrofits power poles on high-risk circuits in the same Eagle Management Units (EMUs) as the permitted take to meet permit mitigation requirements. Once the EITP process is initiated with the USFWS, the permittee will begin to engage with the EPOP. Our team will work with the permittee to review the project location to identify potential impacts and required offsets. These mitigation needs will then be placed into the EPOP’s retrofit pool. When the permit is issued, the retrofit obligation will transfer to the EPOP, allowing the project to operate in compliance with EITP offset requirements. These improvements to power poles on distribution and smaller transmission lines lead to **30-year credit offsets** for permittees, providing a long-term solution and ultimately keeping projects moving forward. DOWNLOAD SERVICE FEATURE ## Service Area The USFWS requires that mitigation be implemented within the same EMU where golden eagle take may occur, as outlined in the EITP. There are four EMUs aligning with known flyways and eagle use throughout the U.S. Within these flyways, the USFWS may also identify Local Area Population (LAP) restrictions that may need to be considered when proposing a mitigation solution. The EPOP is active nationwide, and can work with you to provide mitigation offset credits where you need them. ![](https://info.burnsmcd.com/hubfs/ENS_MitigationBanking_02696/Eagle%20Protection%20and%20Offset%20Program%20(EPOP)_2024_Website%20Updates_970188_map_revised.jpg) ## Inquire Interested in learning more about the Eagle Protection and Offset Program? 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